听动感英语学口语 第28讲

电影词典:

John Wayne    约翰 韦恩

美国俚语:

《星战前传》

剧中：The scheme¹ of yours has failed.
scheme : secret  ; dishonest plan 阴谋、诡计
e.g. She’s figured out a scheme to get us into the movies for free.
       她想出了一个鬼点子让我们免费看电影。

经典对白:

1．剧中：It’s a standoff.
standoff   指双方意见不一致时双方都坚持己见不肯让步而产生的僵局
e.g. Both sides would not give in. The debate ended in standoff.
      双方都不肯让步，辩论以僵局结束。

2．odd² play 一反常态的行为举止
e.g.<1> It was an odd play for you to vacation in Thailand, you don’t even like to swim.
            你去泰国度假太反常了，你甚至不喜欢游泳。
      <2>Everyone thought that it was an odd play for her to quit her job – they didn’t know she found a better one.
            大家都认为她辞掉工作太反常了，他们不知道她找到了一份更好的。

3．剧中：Let’s split³ up.
split up : break apart  分开
e.g. <1>The couple split up after 25 years of marriage.
             这对夫妇在结婚25年后终于分开了。
      <2>If we want to find Angela, we should split up. It will be faster that way!
            如果想找到Angela，我们得分头找，那样会更快一些

 

1 scheme   

n.安排，配置，计划，阴谋，方案，图解，摘要；v.计划，设计，图谋，策划

参考例句：

• The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical.这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际。
• The scheme was a bad egg.计划失败了。

2 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！

3 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。